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01027

17,716 Population
40.6 square miles 436.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$46,384 ±$3,529 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$74,146 ±$6,543 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

7.8% ±2.5% (1,374  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

22.9 minutes ±1.5 (171,420  ±19,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

8,284 ±303 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.1 ±0.1 (17,520  ±175) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

1.6% ±1.3% (58  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

8,937 ±334 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$375,700 ±$14,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.3% ±2.9% (1,646  ±504.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 19.9% 32,125 (±1.1% / ±1,821.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

93% ±5.6% (12,213  ±857.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 95.4% 96,227 (±2.2% / ±2,229.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
38.9% ±3.4% (5,106  ±477) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 51.6% 52,034 (±1.6% / ±1,656.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.5% ±2% (1,150  ±359) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,680
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

10% ±2.3% (1,487  ±350) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.1% 7,119 (±0.4% / ±602)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,487 Total veterans ±350 1,331 Male ±313 156 Female ±105

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